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7:05 AM ET, October 26, 2006

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oprah.com:
Madonna: The Adoption Controversy  —  From provocative videos to headline-making risqué concerts, Madonna is known for pushing people's buttons.  Now it's her actions off stage that are putting her back in the center of controversy.  —  In the fall of 2006, Madonna traveled …
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Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Madonna Justifies Her Adoption On Oprah  —  Madonna beamed herself over to The Oprah Winfrey Show via satellite Tuesday for an interview on her controversial adoption of Malawi orphan David Banda.  The episode doesn't air until Wednesday afternoon, but Oprah.com left some interview excerpts under our chair …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Whitney Pastorek / Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch:
Liveblogging Oprah's interview with Madonna  —  OMG so excited: Someone is finally going to explain to me how it is that Madonna can adopt an "orphan" that still has a dad!  And the person who is going to explain that?  Oprah!  Also helping her explain?  Madonna!  This deserves a liveblog, so strap in, kiddies.
Discussion: Past Deadline and Defamer
Ashley M. Heher / Associated Press:
Madonna: Boy I plan to adopt is healthy  —  CHICAGO - Madonna said the 13-month-old boy she plans to adopt from the African country of Malawi is healthy and thriving in her London home, in an interview that aired Wednesday on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."  —  The child, David Banda …
Discussion: Raghag Diva and Popdirt.com
People.com:
Madonna: 'David Is Amazing'  —  Madonna says 13-month-old David Banda from Malawi, whom she plans to adopt, is healthy and thriving with her two other children in their London home now that he has overcome malaria and tuberculosis.  —  "David is amazing," Madonna, speaking via satellite …
PerezHilton.com:
Just Like Mom  —  Left: A new image of Lola, Madge and new baby David.  Right: A vintage photo of Madonna.
Just Jared:   Madonna's Banda Of Joy
oprah.com:   Madonna: The Adoption Controversy
TMZ.com:
Naomi Campbell Reportedly Arrested in London  —  Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been arrested in London, according to multiple press reports, on suspicion of assault.  Sky News in the UK reports that the 36-year-old Campbell was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after a woman filed a complaint …
Discussion: Str8 Outta NYC and Staralicious
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Sky News:
Supermodel Is Arrested  —  Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been released on bail after being arrested in London on suspicion of assault.  —  Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said Campbell was arrested yesterday afternoon after a woman walked into a central London police station and made an allegation of assault.
Discussion: Dlisted and celebrity terrorist
Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Matt Leinart and Brynn Cameron Have Baby Boy  —  Matt Leinart and girlfriend Brynn Cameron welcomed their first child early Tuesday morning.  The baby boy, which the couple has named Cole Cameron Leinart, weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces.  —  Leinart, 23, is a quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals …
Discussion: The Evil Beet
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Lisa Ingrassia / People.com:
Matt Leinart, Brynn Cameron Have a Son  —  Leinart (left) and Cameron  —  PHOTO BY: SCOTT KIRKLAND / DAILYCELEB; LARRY GOREN / ICON SMI / NEWSCOM  —  Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart and University of Southern California basketball player Brynn Cameron welcomed a son on Tuesday, PEOPLE has learned.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Is that a Gisele Bundchen Nipple Slip?  —  I'm not one to cry wolf, or cry nipple as it were, but in all honesty, I'm just not sure of what I'm seeing here.  It really looks like a Gisele Bundchen nipple slip, but it could just be some weird shadow (or wishful thinking).
Discussion: Voxefx and Hollywoodtuna
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The Superficial:   Gisele Bundchen ruins Halloween
Sky News:
DID LOVE HELP PETE?  —  Friends are there to help us out in times of need.  —  And Courtney Love claims she was the one who persuaded Pete Doherty to go into rehab.  —  The rock chick has told the Daily Star how she took it upon herself to save Pete by telling him to get help for his drug addiction.
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The Superficial:
Kate Moss and Pete Doherty already bad parents
Discussion: STARFRUIT GOSSIP
NY Daily News:
Axed exec the roast of the town  —  It wasn't enough of an indignity that his boss, Sumner Redstone, drop-kicked him out of his CEO's office at Viacom last summer.  Yesterday at the Pierre, Tom Freston had to relive the whole ordeal when "friends" honored the unemployed exec.
Discussion: Bossip
X17 Online:
The Great Pumpkin Patch  —  Courteney Cox returned to the celebs' favorite pumpkin patch yesterday with adorable little Coco.  I love how Coco can rock the tomboy look one day, and the ballerina look another!  Her mom, on the other hand, needs a little help:  —  SEE MORE AFTER THE JUMP »
Discussion: POPSUGAR
Ken Lee / People.com:
Lurid Details Revealed in Hasselhoff Divorce  —  Lurid details of David Hasselhoff's ongoing divorce from his estranged wife Pamela Bach were inadvertently entered into public record on Wednesday.  —  A 66-page filing by Hasselhoff's lawyers alleges that Bach, 43, tested positive for cocaine …
Noelle Hancock / US Weekly:
Carmen Changes Her Mind  —  You spoke, Carmen totally heard.  When Carmen Electra dyed and went to deep brown on October 20, 77% of Us readers voted in our web poll saying that they preferred her hair lighter.  (Us Online reader "JRo" wrote, "Carmen looks like she's trying to channel Elvira with that dark 'do.
Monica Rizzo / People.com:
Dancing with the Stars: What You Didn't See  —  From behind the scenes: Mario misses his mom, Emmitt has his eyes on the prize and more  —  Where Was Mama Lopez?  —  Mario Lopez's biggest supporter was missing Tuesday night, but don't worry, mom Elvia had a good excuse …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Abby / Yeeeah!:
Demi Moore Has Fat, Saggy Knees  —  There is nothing worse on a woman than a set of flabby, sagging knees.  I can look past a lazy eye or a hairlip or even cystic boils, but knee flab?  Please.  That's precisely why I find Demi Moore so repulsive.  It's those knees of hers.
Hollywoodtuna:
Pamela Anderson & Denise Richards Are 'Blonde And Blonder'  —  If you're wondering why on Earth Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards would ever cross paths, here's the explanation.  Pamela Anderson is teaming up with Denise Richards in a return to the big-screen for both in new film called 'Blonde …
Discussion: Smart
Nekesa Mumbi Moody / Associated Press:
Dupri quits as Virgin Records executive  —  NEW YORK - Jermaine Dupri — superproducer, rapper, and the boyfriend of Janet Jackson — has confirmed to The Associated Press that he has quit as a top executive at Jackson's label, Virgin Records, amid disappointing sales of Jackson's new album.
Hanna Rooke / Celebrity Week:
Did Diddy Have A Hissy?  —  Sean 'Diddy' Combs is again at the centert of controvery - this time for allegedly having a hissy fit while plugging his new CD on Sirius satellite radio.  —  "He was throwing a tantrum" a witness reports.  "He had his team around him and he was cursing up a storm …
 
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

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